buffjoe
February 13th, 2003, 6:35:33 PM
O.K. it seems like this topic ran far away from the point I was trying to make.
I was simply stating that the basic rule of hockey, whether it be junior, AHL, NHL or Saturday night pickup is that you don't entertain a fight when your team has a lead .... UNLESS.... one of your players is intentionally run or injured (there was no such instance to justify Ray getting involved with Salvador)Conversely, if your team is behind and your job is "the enforcer" then you must do your job and throw a big hit or pursue a fight in order to get your team going. My frustration with Ruff and Ray is that in the six games previous to the St. Louis game I can't remember any Sabre enforcer pursuing a fight in order to jumpstart the team when we were losing(Kalinin and Warrener fights don't count-they were retaliation). In fact, the Islanders beat us senseless and nobody stepped up to the plate.
By the way, if you want to really get on someone's case for not dropping the gloves or throwing the big hit go back and look at Denis Hamels PIMS in junior hockey. Where has his heart gone?
I was simply stating that the basic rule of hockey, whether it be junior, AHL, NHL or Saturday night pickup is that you don't entertain a fight when your team has a lead .... UNLESS.... one of your players is intentionally run or injured (there was no such instance to justify Ray getting involved with Salvador)Conversely, if your team is behind and your job is "the enforcer" then you must do your job and throw a big hit or pursue a fight in order to get your team going. My frustration with Ruff and Ray is that in the six games previous to the St. Louis game I can't remember any Sabre enforcer pursuing a fight in order to jumpstart the team when we were losing(Kalinin and Warrener fights don't count-they were retaliation). In fact, the Islanders beat us senseless and nobody stepped up to the plate.
By the way, if you want to really get on someone's case for not dropping the gloves or throwing the big hit go back and look at Denis Hamels PIMS in junior hockey. Where has his heart gone?